Historical Register in London, Middlesex

Great Projets and Shifting Alliances in European Power Struggles

A historical review traces early modern Euro diplomacy from a grand project to curb Austria through Spain, halted by a fatal accident and succession crises. It details Cardinal Richlieu’s rise, Mazarin’s regency, civil war under Louis XIV, and how dynastic marriages, renunciations, and treaties such as Münster and Pyrenees reshaped France, Spain, and England until the late 17th century.